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CBS New Series Trailers: ‘The Crazy Ones’, ‘Hostages’, ‘The Millers’, ‘Mom’, ‘We Are Men’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 23, 2013 @ 10:07am PDTTags: CBS, Hostages, Mom, The Crazy Ones, The Millers, Upfronts, We Are Men

CBS LogoHere are the full looks advertisers got last week at CBS’ new fall series during the network’s upfront presentation in New York. Still to come is midseason drama Intelligence.

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The Crazy Ones – Comedy

Hostages – Drama

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CBS Picks Up ‘Crazy Ones’, Greg Garcia, ‘Mom’, Rob Greenberg, ‘Hostages’, ‘Intelligence’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 2:30pm PDTTags: CBS, Crazy Ones, Hostages, Intellegence, Mom
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UPDATE: I hear among the pilots remaining in serious contention are dramas Backstrom and Beverly Hills Cop and comedy Friends With Better Lives. I also gear that the serialized Hostages, which had been rumored for a midseason run, has received a 15-episode order and may air as a limited run.

PREVIOUS, 2:30 PM: CBS is going for star power — both in front and behind the camera — with its series pickups. The network has ordered projects starring Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anna Faris, Allison Janney, Will Arnett, Kal Penn, Tony Shalhoub, Jerry O’Connell, Toni Collette, Dylan McDermott, Josh Holloway, and Marg Helgenberger from writers/producers Chuck Lorre, Greg Garcia, David E. Kelley and Jerry Bruckheimer.

Living up to the buzz that CBS has been higher on its comedy pilots than dramas this season, the network has picked up four new comedy series vs. two dramas. The comedies are two multi-camera — Lorre’s Mom and Garcia’s multi-camera project, now titled The Millers –  and two single-camera — Kelley’s Crazy Ones starring Robin Williams and We Are Men (formerly untitled Rob Greenberg). This marks the first time in five years that CBS will have a single-camera on the air, since Worst Week in 2008. On the drama side, getting the nod are the Bruckheimer-produced conspiracy thriller Hostages and crime procedural Intelligence, which stars Holloway and Helgenberger. The big question is: where is Beverly Hills Cop? Word is CBS is not completely done yet, with 1-2 more pickups likely. For now, I’ve only heard that the Tad Quill project and Rottenberg/Zuritsky are not going forward; I’ll update with info on others.

Related: Chuck Lorre’s ‘Mom’ To Get Series Order

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Rick Eid Joins CBS’ ‘Hostages’ As Executive Producer/Showrunner

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 7, 2013 @ 9:59am PSTTags: CBS, Hostages, Rick Eid
Nellie Andreeva

Rick Eid has joined CBS‘ drama pilot Hostages as executive producer. Eid will serve as co-showrunner on the project, from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV, alongside writer/director/executive producer Jeffrey Nachmanoff. Based on an … Read More »

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CBS’ ‘Hostages’, NBC’ ‘Camp’ Add To Casts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 7:05am PSTTags: Camp, Hostages, James Naughton, Nikolai Nikolaeff
Nellie Andreeva

James Naughton has been cast in Hostages, CBS‘ drama pilot from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros TV. Based on an Israeli format, the project centers on Ellen (Toni Collette), a successful surgeon who is selected to operate on the President of the United States (Naughton) and thrust into the middle of a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage. Naughton, repped by Paradigm and Brookside Artist Management, is a theater veteran who has won Tonys for Chicago and City of Angels. He recently recurred on the CW’s Gossip Girl. Read More »

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Majandra Delfino & Jane Seymour In ABC’s ‘Keep Calm’, Billy Brown In CBS’ ‘Hostages’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 25, 2013 @ 11:30am PSTTags: Billy Brown, Hostages, Jane Seymour, Keep Calm And Carry On, Majandra Delfino
Nellie Andreeva

Majandra Delfino (State Of Georgia) and former Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman star Jane Seymour have been cast in ABC’s comedy pilot Keep Calm And Carry On, from writer/executive producer Andrea Abbate, 20th Century Fox TV and 21 Laps/Adelstein. The project centers on Karey, the clean-nosed black sheep in a family of petty thieves, drug addicts, and narcissists. When her brother is sent to prison, she decides to raise his kids along with her adopted black son and give them the normal lives they deserve. Delfino, repped by APA and Ziffren Brittenham, will play Kerey’s sister Penny, who seems very clueless to what is going on around her. Seymour, repped by Innovative and Thruline, will play their mother Dotty, who mainly cares about herself and disregards what her children or grandchildren want. Read More »

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Henry Ian Cusick To Co-Star In CW Pilot ‘The Hundred’, Rhys Coiro Joins CBS’ ‘Hostages’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 22, 2013 @ 11:30am PSTTags: Henry Ian Cusick, Hostages, Rhys Coiro, The Hundred
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Lost alum Henry Ian Cusick has joined another drama project with sci-fi underlining, the CW pilot The Hundred. Based on Alloy books by Kass Morgan, the Warner Bros. TV-produced The Hundred is set 97 years after … Read More »

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‘Deception’s Tate Donovan To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘Hostages’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ 6:30pm PSTTags: CBS, Hostages, Tate Donovan, Toni Collette
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Tate Donovan Deception co-star Tate Donovan is set to co-star opposite Toni Collette in Hostages, CBS‘ drama pilot from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros TV. The casting is in second position to NBC’s midseason drama. Donovan is the first Deception regular to book a pilot. Deception‘s ratings have been low but stable, logging a 1.2 18-49 rating for the last couple of weeks. With both Do No Harm and Smash premiering lower (0.9 and 1.1, respectively), a renewal for Deception, while not likely, is not completely out of the question. Based on an Israeli format, Hostages centers on Ellen (Collette), a successful surgeon living in Washington, D.C. who is selected to operate on the President of the United States. Read More »

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Dylan McDermott To Star In CBS’ Drama Pilot ‘Hostages’ From Jerry Bruckheimer

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 9:30am PSTTags: Big Deals TV, CBS, Dylan McDermott, Hostages
Nellie Andreeva

American Horror Story and The Practice alum Dylan McDermott is set as the male lead opposite Toni Collette in Hostages, CBS‘ drama pilot from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros TV. … Read More »

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CBS Orders Jerry Bruckheimer-Produced ‘Hostages’ To Pilot, Toni Collette To Star

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 17, 2013 @ 5:15pm PSTTags: Hostages, Jerry Bruckheimer, Toni Collette
Nellie Andreeva

CBS has given a pilot pickup to Hostages, a drama from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. TV, which has set Toni Collette as the lead.

Based on an Israeli format, the project, which had a pilot production commitment, centers on a family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. Emmy winner Collette will play Ellen, a successful surgeon living in Washington, D.C. who is selected to operate on the President of the United States. She is thrust into the middle of a political conspiracy when her family is taken hostage, and it is up to her to save the lives of her husband and children.

Hostages was originally developed for Israel’s Channel 10 by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir. The show has not been produced in Israel, but an U.S. adaptation written by Aranya found its way to Bruckheimer TV, which bought the rights and then brought in Nachmanoff (Traitor). Nachmanoff wrote the script and will direct the pilot. He will also executive produce it with Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Givon, Rotem Shamir and Chayim Sharir. Aranya and KristieAnne Reed serve as co-executive producers. Collette won an Emmy for her starring role on the dark Showtime comedy United States Of Tara. Read More »

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Conspiracy Drama From Jerry Bruckheimer Gets Pilot Production Commitment At CBS

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 2, 2012 @ 7:04am PDTTags: CBS, Hostages, Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Hostages, a drama from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. TV, has landed at CBS with a pilot production commitment. Based on an Israeli format, the project centers on a family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. Hostages was originally developed for Israel’s Channel 10 by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir. The show has not been produced in Israel, but an U.S. adaptation written by Aranya found its way to Bruckheimer TV, which bought the rights and then brought in Nachmanoff (Traitor). Nachmanoff is set to write and direct Hostages as well as executive produce it with Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Givon, Rotem Shamir and Chayim Sharir. Aranya and KristieAnne Reed serve as co-executive producers.

This is the latest big commitment for Jerry Bruckheimer TV this season. The company has a pilot order at NBC for drama The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives and put pilot commitments for The Bureau, an FBI drama penned by Aron Eli Coleite, at CBS and docu-style military comedy At Ease, from writers Josh Bycel & Jonathan Fener, at NBC. It also has comedy The B-Side, from writer Sheri Elwood, set up at NBC. Read More »

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